Now we know that British exports to the European Union plummeted by a cataclysmic 41% after Brexit on 1 January, what next?This is not the “slow puncture” predicted, but a big bang. Yet so far, it registers MORE
The European Union will review all requests to export AstraZeneca Plc vaccines to the U.K. “very severely” and will probably reject them until the drugmaker fulfills its delivery obligations to the bloc, a senior EU official said. MORE
French satire magazine Charlie Hebo sparks outrage over their depiction of Queen Elizabeth kneeling on Meghan Markle’s neck in a parody of George Floyds’ death. MORE
Dutch police on Wednesday said a coronavirus testing location in a town north of Amsterdam appeared to have been intentionally targeted, after an explosion went off early in the morning before the site had opened. MORE
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced in a French court Monday to three years in prison, for corruption and influence peddling. The dramatic and historic verdict and sentencing quieted a Paris courtroom, as the MORE
Uber suffered a major defeat in one of its most important markets on Friday when Britain’s Supreme Court, in a ruling that could threaten the future of the already unprofitable company, said a group of MORE
London (CNN) Was the Zoom meeting of the century called illegally? Had all participants read and understood the standing orders? And, most importantly, did Jackie Weaver have the authority to kick Handforth parish council’s chairman MORE
Riot police have been drafted in to break up illegal demonstrations in Eindhoven and Amsterdam after hundreds of people gathered to protest about the coronavirus rules. In Eindhoven, police used tear gas and water cannon MORE
One, Steven V., wrote in an app group that he wanted to commit an attack on Mark Rutte if the prime minister rode his bicycle to the Binnenhof (The seat of Dutch Parliament). The other, Fabio MORE
The Netherlands will be under curfew from 9pm to 4.30am from Saturday until at least February 9, after a majority of MPs voted in favour of the plan, following a full day of debate. Coalition MORE
The 20-foot “Trump Baby” blimp that has traveled across the world in protest of President Trump and his administration will be retired to a British museum as he leaves office. The massive balloon, depicting the MORE
The Dutch government has resigned in the wake of the childcare benefit scandal after an official report said ministers, civil servants, parliament and even judges had a role in the affair, which left parents powerless MORE
Dutch TV news has aired footage of customs officers confiscating ham sandwiches from drivers arriving by ferry from the UK under post-Brexit rules banning personal imports of meat and dairy products into the EU. MORE
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is speaking out against Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump, calling it “problematic.” Steffen Seibert, Merkel’s chief spokesman, spoke of the chancellor’s thoughts to reporters in Berlin on Monday. “The right to MORE
“This is a catastrophe,” Mayor Darinko Dumbovic. “My city is completely destroyed.” “We need firefighters, we don’t know what’s under the surfaces, a roof fell on a car, we need help.” At least one person MORE
Nigel Farage joined other prominent Brexiteers revelling in Britain’s exit from the EU, following an historic deal reached between London and Brussels on Thursday. The former Brexit Party leader, who proved instrumental in Britain’s momentous MORE
A wealthy Tory MP is facing demands to pay reparations for his family’s part in the Caribbean slave trade after the Observer revealed that he now controls the plantation where his ancestors created the first MORE
The UK will have “a range of robust enforcement measures” at the end of the Brexit transition period, including “numerous” offshore patrol vessels available in its territorial waters, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) said Saturday. MORE
A member of the European Parliament representing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party has resigned from his position in Brussels after he was caught leaving what reports described as a 25-man orgy on Friday. MORE
At least two people have been killed and 15 injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people in the historic centre of the city of Trier, in south-west Germany. According to the local MORE
The incident came as President Emmanuel Macron’s government is pushing a new bill that restricts the ability to film police, which has prompted protests from civil liberties groups and journalists concerned that it would allow MORE
Following the defeat of key parts of proposed Brexit legislation in the Lords, a government spokesperson said: The comments come after the government suffered a major defeat on controversial Brexit legislation as peers rejected a bid to MORE
A foreign policy advisor to President-elect Joe Biden has said that Britain’s declining influence in the world, caused by Brexit, meant that the US’ relationship with the UK might not “matter that much” once Biden MORE
An attacker armed with a knife killed three people inside a church Thursday in the southern French city of Nice, prompting the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level hours before MORE
A high school teacher in a Paris suburb was decapitated Friday afternoon, French authorities said, in an attack that occurred after the teacher had allegedly shown caricatures of the prophet Muhammad to his students. The MORE